Bob Moon: This holiday season, you're no doubt bombarded with ads from charities on TV, online, on Facebook.

Perhaps you heard George Clooney talk about famine in Africa? Noble cause. But here's the thing -- a bunch of people find them misleading.

Marketplace's Scott Tong recently returned from the Horn of Africa. He came back and filed this report.

Scott Tong: You may have seen this nifty public service ad from One.org about Somalia's famine. Celebs talk to the camera, but they're bleeped out, because they all say the F-word. George Clooney, Jessica Alba, Kristin Davis all bleeped.

And then comes Bono.

Bono: Famine is the real obscenity.

The real F-word -- you get it.

But here's what has many aid workers actually cussing. After the ad, One.org wants you to sign a petition to support a federal program that doesn't feed starving Somalis. It's called Feed the Future -- more F-words.

Bronwyn Bruton: Feed the Future does not operate in Somalia. It is not delivering emergency food relief.